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    Just been out to chop some sticks and spotted a lil dark brown thing run under the woodpile! Now I've spotted it (or another it) once before a few days ago, it was dark brown, very small and (looking from above) had a 'flat' look about it.

    I think it's a shrew and the only reason I'm slightly bothered is that the woodpile is in the garage and I don't really want to find mice nesting in there! I figure if its a shrew its come in from the cold (ala Smiley stylee! ) and will leave again come springtime.

    Whaddya think?
    To see a world in a grain of sand
    And a heaven in a wild flower

  • #2
    Reckon you're right Manda shrews are fabulous beasties.

    Dwell simply ~ love richly

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    • #3
      What do you know about shrews BW, you're the knowledgable sort!
      To see a world in a grain of sand
      And a heaven in a wild flower

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      • #4
        Live fast, die young!
        Varieties: Common, pygmy and water
        Water shrews are very unusual in that their bite is poisonous . You won't find them in your wood pile though

        Howzat?

        Dwell simply ~ love richly

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Birdie Wife
          Live fast, die young! ...



          Howzat?
          Me or the shrew? Its too late for me!

          Common?
          To see a world in a grain of sand
          And a heaven in a wild flower

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          • #6


            common shrew, very cute, wif lil long noses
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            • #7
              I had something like this nesting in the compost heap on the lottie - thought it was mice at first but after looking at your pic think they could be shrews instead. Very cute, run very fast!
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              • #8
                They are real sweeties. We spotted a squashed one on the road once on a walk with the school kids (when I was still a Worker!) I told the children what it was, and all about them, but one little lad went back and told his Ma very excitedly that we'd seen a dead shoe! She was totally puzzled till we explained!
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                • #9
                  yep that be a shrew.

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                  • #10
                    Just been reading up about these on the BBC website -
                    (BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Common shrew)

                    "Common shrews are insectivorous and carnivorous, feeding on insects, slugs, spiders, worms and carrion. They need to eat 80-90 per cent of their own body weight in food daily. "
                    So probably good to have on an allotment then, despite the fact they eat worms!

                    And - "When disturbed from the nest, young common shrews will sometimes follow their mother in a caravan fashion, using their mouths to hold on to the tail of the sibling in front."
                    Awww, cute!!

                    Also - "British shrews are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and it is an offence to kill them without a special licence. "
                    Not that I'd want to, anyway!
                    Many people have eaten in my kitchen & gone on to lead normal, healthy lives.

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                    • #11
                      Could also be a field vole, they don't have big ears like mice but shorter noses than a shrew. Can't really see how long their noses are in the picture. We occasionally see a vole popping into the rabbit run to nick snacks.

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                      • #12
                        Had voles nesting in the greenhouse last winter but they went after I did my spring clean. I don't know if I've got them this year, as I'm trying not to disturb till the weather gets better (I wish).
                        I am certain that the day my boat comes in, I'll be at the airport.

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